Introducer appointed representative
This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.
Responsible principal firm
IDEAL SALES SOLUTIONS LTD Reference number: 703401 View firm →What does this mean?
- An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own.
- UNW Trading Co Ltd (FRN 1048216) introduces customers to IDEAL SALES SOLUTIONS LTD (FRN 703401). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not UNW Trading Co.
- Example: if UNW Trading Co refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from UNW Trading Co itself.
- Before you proceed, confirm contact details match the official FCA register for both firms. Scammers sometimes clone legitimate AR names and FRNs but use fake phone numbers and websites.
Website, phone number and address
Compare these against whatever you were given. Scammers clone real firm names and reference numbers but use their own phone number and website, so a detail that does not match the register is the clearest warning sign there is.
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Phone number
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Address
39 Parliament Street, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 2BU, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When upnorthwatches.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01423 787185 is
- Who else gives the postcode HG1 2BU
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- UpNorth Watches & Jewellery Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Ideal Sales Solutions Ltd, the principal firm responsible for this firm's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
FCA disciplinary action and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action.
The Financial Ombudsman Service only publishes complaint figures for firms with 30 or more new complaints in six months, so there are none here for this firm.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 16373698 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 8 April 2025 (1 year old)
- Registered office
- The Kiosk, 39 Parliament Street, Harrogate, HG1 2BU, England
- Nature of business
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- Wholesale of watches and jewellery (SIC 46480)
- Retail sale of watches and jewellery in specialised stores (SIC 47770)
- Repair of watches, clocks and jewellery (SIC 95250)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Curtis Benjamin Bitton-Price | Director | Jan 1986 | 8 Apr 2025 | 2 other companies |
Other companies run by its director
A firm is run by people, and their other companies are their track record: what they built, what closed, and anything that failed. It is the check most people never think to make.
- other companies
- 2
- closed down
- 1
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 2 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
Key dates in its history
UNW Trading Co’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
13 December 2025
- Became an introducer appointed representative
- Began trading as "UpNorth Watches & Jewellery"
FCA register
8 April 2025
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Curtis Benjamin Bitton-Price took control (75–100% of shares)
- Curtis Benjamin Bitton-price appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms like UNW Trading Co
Other firms of the same type (retailer), nearest first.
In Harrogate
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- 2 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 5 events in its history
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk